RUTH BROWN: Have A Good Time (Live Recording)
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Artist:
Ruth Brown, a top-selling artist in the 1950s, endured over two decades of relative obscurity before she began to be noticed again in 1988. Recorded live at the Cinegrill in Hollywood, Brown is assisted by a fine quintet (which includes tenor great Red Holloway, altoist Charles Williams and organist Bobby Forrester) for fresh remakes of some of her hits, along with some newer material. All of Brown's Fantasy CDs feature a mature singer still in her prime. Highlights of this particular release (her debut for the label) include "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You," "Teardrops From My Eyes," "When I Fall in Love" and "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean." ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide 1988's HAVE A GOOD TIME is Ruth Brown's comeback album, recorded when she was fresh from her star-making turn in John Waters' rock & roll comedy HAIRSPRAY. It's a live set that showcases Brown's equal facility with swing-era standards, tear-in-your-beer ballads, and rockin' blues. Brown's backed here by an excellent Hammond organ-led small combo featuring Red Holloway (another veteran of the '50s R&B scene) on tenor sax. He takes an extended, particularly inspired solo during Brown's hushed reading of "When I Fall in Love." Brown herself is in amazing voice throughout, whether whooping her way through one of her old hits-the wonderfully lewd "5-10-15 Hours," her signature "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean"-or completely re-imagining a more contemporary song like Willie Nelson's "Always on My Mind."
Recorded live at the Cinegrill, Hollywood, California on June 10 & 11, 1988. Includes liner notes by Lee Hildebrand
Personnel: Ruth Brown (vocals); Bill Williams (guitar); Charles "C.I." Williams (alto saxophone); Red Holloway (tenor saxophone); Bobby Forrester (Hammond B-3 organ); Clarence "Tootsie" Bean (drums).
Tracks:
1 Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
2 You Won't Let Me Go
3 5 -10 -15 Hours
4 Have A Good Time
5 Teardrops From My Eyes
6 Always On My Mind
7 Yes Sir, That's My Baby
8 When I Fall In Love
9 Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean
10 What A Wonderful World
Details
.. Year: 1988
.. Label: Fantasy
.. Country: USA
.. Bitrate: 192 kbps
.. Home-Page: http://www.ruthbrown.net/
.. MySpace: N/A
.. Last.fm: www.last.fm/music/Ruth Brown
.. Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Brown
.. BUY ME 1: n/a
.. BUY ME 2: Tower Records
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